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Old 05-11-2006, 08:26 PM   #1
tclwp
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DEBIAN 3.1 sid,unstable locale-gen failed !!


I use this command successfully 3 days ago, but now i don't know what wrong with it

#locale-gen
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
zh_CN.UTF-8...zh_CN:1: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
zh_CN:2: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
zh_CN:3: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
zh_CN:4: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
zh_CN:5: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
No definition for LC_CTYPE category found
No definition for LC_NUMERIC category found
No definition for LC_TIME category found
No definition for LC_COLLATE category found
No definition for LC_MONETARY category found
No definition for LC_MESSAGES category found
No definition for LC_PAPER category found
No definition for LC_NAME category found
No definition for LC_ADDRESS category found
No definition for LC_TELEPHONE category found
No definition for LC_MEASUREMENT category found
No definition for LC_IDENTIFICATION category found
done
zh_CN.GB18030...zh_CN:1: ????:?????????
zh_CN:2: ????:?????????
zh_CN:3: ????:?????????
zh_CN:4: ????:?????????
zh_CN:5: ????:?????????
No definition for LC_CTYPE category found
No definition for LC_NUMERIC category found
No definition for LC_TIME category found
No definition for LC_COLLATE category found
No definition for LC_MONETARY category found
No definition for LC_MESSAGES category found
No definition for LC_PAPER category found
No definition for LC_NAME category found
No definition for LC_ADDRESS category found
No definition for LC_TELEPHONE category found
No definition for LC_MEASUREMENT category found
No definition for LC_IDENTIFICATION category found
done
zh_CN.GBK...zh_CN:1: ????:?????????
zh_CN:2: ????:?????????
zh_CN:3: ????:?????????
zh_CN:4: ????:?????????
zh_CN:5: ????:?????????
No definition for LC_CTYPE category found
No definition for LC_NUMERIC category found
No definition for LC_TIME category found
No definition for LC_COLLATE category found
No definition for LC_MONETARY category found
No definition for LC_MESSAGES category found
No definition for LC_PAPER category found
No definition for LC_NAME category found
No definition for LC_ADDRESS category found
No definition for LC_TELEPHONE category found
No definition for LC_MEASUREMENT category found
No definition for LC_IDENTIFICATION category found
done
zh_CN.GB2312...zh_CN:1: ????:?????????
zh_CN:2: ????:?????????
zh_CN:3: ????:?????????
zh_CN:4: ????:?????????
zh_CN:5: ????:?????????
No definition for LC_CTYPE category found
No definition for LC_NUMERIC category found
No definition for LC_TIME category found
No definition for LC_COLLATE category found
No definition for LC_MONETARY category found
No definition for LC_MESSAGES category found
No definition for LC_PAPER category found
No definition for LC_NAME category found
No definition for LC_ADDRESS category found
No definition for LC_TELEPHONE category found
No definition for LC_MEASUREMENT category found
No definition for LC_IDENTIFICATION category found
done
Generation complete.
 
Old 05-11-2006, 08:37 PM   #2
kushalkoolwal
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try

Code:
dpkg-reconfigure locales
or
dpkg-reconfigure localeconf
and then run
localeconf
This should take care of your problems.
 
  


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